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Clinical Practice Guidelines

  • Ketamine use for procedural sedation
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Ketamine_use_for_procedural_sedation/
    respiratory illness, eg asthma, respiratory tract infection Known difficult airway, history of previous airway … asthma See  Asthma acute Last updated December 2021 Reference List Australia and New Zealand College …
  • Immigrant health - acute presentations
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Immigrant_Health_acute_presentations/
    Malaria Respiratory symptoms Viral RTI Pneumonia, Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Pertussis: vaccination may … may present with acute chest syndrome Pneumonia Asthma Bronchiolitis Croup Cough Immigrant health -TB …
  • Chest pain
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Chest_pain/
    pain include: Musculoskeletal pain/costochondritis Precordial catch Respiratory infection or asthma … Asthma Exercise induced chest pain with dyspnoea/cough Previous history asthma Other atopic history …
  • Supraventricular Tachycardia SVT
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Supraventricular_Tachycardia_SVT/
    pauses may occur Exacerbation of asthma due to bronchospasm (avoid in patients with history of severe … asthma or active wheeze at time of experiencing SVT) Adenosine contraindications: Patients taking …
  • Admission criteria for general medicine SSU and IPU
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Admission_criteria_for_general_medicine_SSU_and_IPU/
    to be in hospital e.g. children with asthma who have just completed burst therapy or bronchiolitis. We can only ask …
  • Croup (Laryngotracheobronchitis)
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Croup_Laryngotracheobronchitis/
    , manage as severe upper airway obstruction or consider alternative diagnosis eg anaphylaxis, asthma … with asthma in children. Medicine (Baltimore) 96. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000007667 Moore, M, Little …
  • Respectful discussions with parents about their smoking
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Respectful_discussions_with_parents_about_their_smoking/
    " Parent says: "Are you saying my smoking caused Jimmy's asthma?" "No, it is not necessarily related …
  • Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Primary_spontaneous_pneumothorax/
    disease, asthma Trauma or thoracic surgery Positive pressure ventilation Foreign body inhalation Evidence …
  • Antibiotic prescribing in children with reported penicillin or cephalosporin allergy
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Antibiotic_prescribing_in_children_with_reported_penicillin_or_cephalosporin_allergy/
    . Romano A, Gaeta F, Poves M, Valluzzi R. Cross-Reactivity Among Beta-Lactams. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep …
  • Bronchiolitis
    www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Bronchiolitis/
    also Asthma Dehydration High flow nasal prong therapy Oxygen delivery Key points Bronchiolitis …

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which the RCH is situated, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.